Ben Affleck 'Has Not Been in Touch' with Jennifer Lopez's Kids (Exclusive Source)

Mar. 15, 2025

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez.Photo:John Salangsang/Shutterstock

John Salangsang/Shutterstock

AmidJennifer Lopez’sdivorcefromBen Affleck, Lopez has remained close with Affleck’s children, but he has not been in contact with hers, according to a source.

The source tells PEOPLE that theHustlersactress, 55, often spoke of what a good father theGood Will Huntingactor, 52, is to his kids,Violet, 18,Seraphina, 15, andSamuel, 12, whom he shares with exJennifer Garner.

“[Jennifer] went out there and told the world what a great dad he was,” they say.

Lopez herself is a mom to 16-year-old twinsMax and Emme, whom she shares with exMarc Anthony.

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The “Jenny from the Block” singer is “still close to Garner and all five kids,” the source says. TheGone Girlactor, meanwhile, is “close to his three kids” but “has not been in touch with her kids.”

“The fact that he has not seen her kids in a long time, it’s like he left, but she is especially close to his kids,” the source continues, citingLopez’s attendance at Samuel’s graduation ceremonyin June andViolet spending a week with the singer during her Hamptons vacationin July.

Jennifer Lopez with twins Emme and Max in February 2024.Jennifer Lopez/Instagram

Jennifer Lopez/Instagram

“But she’s also close to Marc’s kids from [his] previous relationship,” the source adds of the four children the “Vivir Mi Vida” singer, 55, welcomed prior to his relationship with Lopez.

Adds the source: “She keeps in touch with the children and she’s a good mom.”

A source close to the couple told PEOPLE earlier in August that Affleck’s rekindled romance and marriage to Lopez — the pairtied the knotin 2022 —helped him “become a family man again.”

“Family is very important to both of them, and together they were family people — and the connection doesn’t end,” the source continued.

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“The kids are a top priority, as they always have been,” the source said.

Speaking withGood Morning Americain December 2021, Affleck opened up about his role as a father and how his kids' opinions are the only ones that matter to him.

“I will be long dead and someone will ask my kids, ‘What was your dad like?’ and that is when I will know what my life was worth,” he said.

source: people.com